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Senators News (April 7th)

As the Binghamton Senators were officially eliminated from playoff contention in the AHL, their NHL brothers have separated themselves out as the only team with a realistic shot of still making it (RIP Florida). It seems no coincidence that the return of Zack Smith has created some turmoil in player usage (although he’s generally only receiving fourth line minutes). Speaking of dead weight, the Sens are 17-4-3 without Chris Phillips and Chris Neil. Bryan Murray isn’t a numbers guy though, so this may not mean much to management.

Despite all the playoff excitement, the blogosphere has been pretty dead other than game recaps, although it looks like Kristopher Bras at Hockey’s Future actually knows what he’s doing covering Ottawa (a first on that website).

Prospect update (players signed are in green, those for whom decisions must be made this year are in red). All regular seasons are over:

NCAAQuentin Shore (DOB 1994, C/RW, 6-168/13, U Denver) 39-10-16-26
Two points in his last two gamesRobbie Baillargeon (DOB 1993, CR, 5-136/12, Boston U) 28-3-12-15
No points in his last two games
Shane Eiserman (DOB 1995, LW, 4-100/14, U New Hampshire) 35-4-11-15
His season is overKelly Summers (DOB 1996, DR, 7-189/14, Clarkson) 33-6-4-10
His season is overChris Leblanc (DOB 1993, RW, 6-161/13, Merrimack) 28-5-4-9
His season is over

NCAA-IIITim Boyle (DOB 1993, DR, 4-106/12, Endicott) 18-3-8-11
His season is over

That’s possible–I can’t remember that long ago (although I was reading HF at the time), but since I’ve been blogging (5 years) it’s been awful until now–writer after writer would barely post and what they produced was so generic